Natchitoches, Louisiana

Natchitoches population, 2020 to 2024

Natchitoches lost 917 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.1%. In the latest year it moved by -191. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 48th; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Natchitoches is 1.5 times that size.

Natchitoches covers 23.16 square miles of land and 3.60 of water, for 741 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Natchitoches is less dense than the typical town.

What county Natchitoches is in

All of Natchitoches's residents live in Natchitoches Parish, which had 35,982 residents in 2024. Natchitoches holds 47.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Natchitoches

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Natchitoches by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 71457, 71497. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Natchitoches is

The Census internal point of Natchitoches is at 31.734800, -93.100900. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 143.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alexandria, LA (43,133 people), 48.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Shreveport, LA, 64.7 miles away.

Daylight in Natchitoches

At 31.73° N, Natchitoches gets about 14 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Natchitoches

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Coushatta, 24.5 miles away, with 1,640 people.